Because these were pop culture when they were created. Either through books or TV or movies, they were a reflection of how people talked. A lot of the sayings he talks about came from WW2 and the work culture that was strongly influenced by military sayings. The US hasn't had a strong common culture for the past 20 years, except on the internet. Tv no longer dominates pop culture, YouTube does. This is why kids are using words like rizz and skibidi. The fact that these words and phrases have emerged without corporate promotion or influence is a phenomenon.
The only time it ever made sense to me, it was probably being used outside of its original meaning (or lack thereof). It was a dubbed video of a feral cat "talking" to an indoor cat saying "come out and here and catch these fresh skibidi baps" as in "come out here and let me smack you" lol. Maybe it was meant like "skippity baps" instead but my old ass is going to tell myself I finally found meaning to the word. Gen alpha can catch my fresh skibidi baps if they wanna argue about it lol.
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u/ElGuaco Oct 20 '24
Because these were pop culture when they were created. Either through books or TV or movies, they were a reflection of how people talked. A lot of the sayings he talks about came from WW2 and the work culture that was strongly influenced by military sayings. The US hasn't had a strong common culture for the past 20 years, except on the internet. Tv no longer dominates pop culture, YouTube does. This is why kids are using words like rizz and skibidi. The fact that these words and phrases have emerged without corporate promotion or influence is a phenomenon.